The mutton and offal are also stewed in a large iron pot, brought to a boil over high heat and then simmered over charcoal fire.
For fried foods, fry them once in the evening to set their shape, and then fry them again the next day just before serving.
After dinner, the person who had asked in advance to borrow the tables and chairs delivered them and set them up in the yard.
All the ingredients that could be prepared in advance were prepared beforehand. For those that couldn't be prepared in advance, the women who were helping out arrived early on the morning of the 26th, just as dawn was breaking. Fifty or sixty women were involved in various tasks: some slaughtered geese and rabbits, some set out bowls and chopsticks, some prepared cold dishes, and others fried, stir-fried, and cooked...
The Ding family got up as soon as it was dawn.
They don't need to prepare a formal banquet today, but some girls who are close to Ding Jiajia will be coming over in the morning, so they need to prepare tea, pastries, and wedding candies.
Aunt Wu was making noodles for Ding Jiajia. Yan Qiuxing was supposed to be at the Hu family's house when she returned to Wanxia, but they preferred Ding Jiajia, so she stayed with her in her room.
Before long, Zhang Xiaocao, Li Tiantian, Fan Xiang and a group of other young girls arrived, and the once spacious boudoir immediately became crowded. Soon after, all the women who had not been helping at the Hu family's house also came to share in the joy.
In no time, the Ding family's house was packed inside and out. Qin Yilin was busy running around, so busy that her feet barely touched the ground.
Ding Heli was equally eager to help, making tea, boiling water, moving chairs... He completely forgot his initial reluctance and sadness about getting up early, wishing he had eight hands right now!
We still suffered from our lack of experience. We originally thought they wouldn't need to hire anyone since they weren't having a formal banquet, but we didn't expect them to be so busy just this morning!
Then I realized that their family already had so many members. The Hu family had to hold a wedding banquet and find men to carry the sedan chair and escort the bride. How busy they must be!
The Hu family was indeed busy; most of the women went to the Ding family, but almost all the men came to the Hu family.
Especially the children, because Hu Wenhua's wedding meant that Fan Jin, the brother-in-law, couldn't be absent, so the children were given a holiday. When there's a happy occasion in the village, especially when the whole village participates, the children are like celebrating the New Year, circling around the Hu family's house, eager to follow the bridal sedan chair to see the bride!
Fortunately, Shanshui Village is now divided into three parts. The clear water side is a small world of its own. The original Shanshui Village has a large population and is crowded. Now, a group of people have moved to the new village. Currently, only two or three families have moved to the new village. The place is spacious and there are few people, so they can make a difference.
As the sun gradually rises, some villagers have already come to deliver congratulatory gifts and wait to see the wedding ceremony.
The elderly people, whose legs were not strong enough, could not join the wedding procession. They gave their gifts and sat down. Zhang Chunhua, Fan Dazhu, and Ersanzhu did the same, but they were afraid that there would be no seats when they arrived later.
Unlike others who gave generous gifts, this family only gave ten eggs, and then occupied the best spot in the house.
Old Village Chief Fan Qiye and Granny Xu frowned deeply. In the end, it was Fan Qiye, who was also from the same family, who couldn't help but get up and remind them that it was a table set up by the newlyweds. Only then did the four of them reluctantly get up and quickly take the main seats at the next table.
Master Fan shook his head and returned to his own table.
That's how this family is going to be.
When the time came, Hu Wenhua, dressed in a bright red wedding gown, walked at the front, surrounded by his many brothers who had changed into new clothes, to marry the woman he would spend his life with.
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